Egypt
Associated Press
- Repatriation: Egypt And Others
Monsters and Critics (Shabtai Gold) Egypt's antiquities chief announced plans on Wednesday for a conference to help coordinate the strategy of African and Asian countries who had artifacts 'stolen' from them. 'At the end of March we will...
- Restored Artifacts To Be Put In Egyptian Museum
Egypt State Information Service Culture Minister Farouk Hosni has decided to put recently restored stolen antiquities from the United States at the Egyptian Museum in downtown Cairo. Head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Dr Zahi Hawwas said that...
- Egypt Asks Us To Return 80 Stolen Artifacts
Egypt State Information Service A follow up to the story about the Predynastic vessels from Maadi which were smuggled out of the country by a U.S. pilot. Zahi Hawass is due to meet with U.S. officials to discuss matters further, but it seems extremely...
- Maadi Vessel Smuggler To Face Charges
Javno A U.S. Army helicopter pilot once stationed in Cairo will face charges of selling dozens of stolen Egyptian antiquities to a Texas art dealer, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday. Edward Johnson was arrested on Tuesday and is scheduled to appear...
- Egyptian Delegation To Inspect Stolen Antiquities
Egypt State Information Service The official response by Zahi Hawass and the SCA to the information that stolen artefacts from the important prehistoric site of Maadi (in the Cairo suburbs) have been recovered in the U.S., and a pilot has been arrested...
Egypt
Artifacts stolen by US Army pilot return to Egypt
Associated Press
Dozens of ancient artifacts stolen by a former U.S. Army officer were returned Wednesday to the Egyptian government.Officials said the items, such as small urns, came from the Ma'adi archaeological site outside Cairo and date to 3600 B.C. or earlier.
Army helicopter pilot Edward George Johnson, a chief warrant officer from Fayetteville, N.C., was arrested in February in Alabama on charges of transporting stolen property and wire fraud. He pleaded guilty in July to possessing and selling stolen antiquities and was sentenced to 19 months of probation.
- Repatriation: Egypt And Others
Monsters and Critics (Shabtai Gold) Egypt's antiquities chief announced plans on Wednesday for a conference to help coordinate the strategy of African and Asian countries who had artifacts 'stolen' from them. 'At the end of March we will...
- Restored Artifacts To Be Put In Egyptian Museum
Egypt State Information Service Culture Minister Farouk Hosni has decided to put recently restored stolen antiquities from the United States at the Egyptian Museum in downtown Cairo. Head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Dr Zahi Hawwas said that...
- Egypt Asks Us To Return 80 Stolen Artifacts
Egypt State Information Service A follow up to the story about the Predynastic vessels from Maadi which were smuggled out of the country by a U.S. pilot. Zahi Hawass is due to meet with U.S. officials to discuss matters further, but it seems extremely...
- Maadi Vessel Smuggler To Face Charges
Javno A U.S. Army helicopter pilot once stationed in Cairo will face charges of selling dozens of stolen Egyptian antiquities to a Texas art dealer, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday. Edward Johnson was arrested on Tuesday and is scheduled to appear...
- Egyptian Delegation To Inspect Stolen Antiquities
Egypt State Information Service The official response by Zahi Hawass and the SCA to the information that stolen artefacts from the important prehistoric site of Maadi (in the Cairo suburbs) have been recovered in the U.S., and a pilot has been arrested...